Youth With Autism Are More Likely to Be Arrested. A Nevada Judge Wants to Remedy That
February 12, 2024
Research on interactions between autistic youth and the criminal justice system led by Lindsay Shea, DrPH, director of the Policy, Analytics and Community Research program and associate professor in the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute and Dornsife's Health Management and Policy department, was mentioned in a Feb. 12 NPR story about a specialty court program to address the behaviors of at-risk juvenile offenders with autism in Nevada.
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